Word: state
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...alleged, unfavorable-Labor, article on transportation. 2. Political effect would be beneficial rather than injurious, on account of (a) increased civil service and (b) scrutiny of opposition party and press. 3. Individual enterprise is quickened instead of dulled-Harpers Monthly, Vol 73. 4. Instances of inferiority of state roads in other countries are due to conditions not existing here...
Best general reference: Hadley, Railroad Transport tion; Hudson. The Railways and the Republic; Jevous, the Railroads and the State, in Methods of Social Reform...
...government enterprise to be successful must have (a) routine business, (b) small amount of capital, (c) must be submitted to public inspection-Jevous, The Railroads and the State...
Assistant Secretary of State Wharton is a lover of base ball, and in 1867 69 pitched for a Harvard nine. A broken finger joint is among the scars he carries.- Harpers Weekly...
Question, Resolved, That the English system for the prevention of bribery and corruption at elections ought to be adopted in the United State...